BACKGROUND Predicting case types that are unlikely to be treated by paramedics can aid in managing demand for emergency ambulances by identifying cases suitable for alternative management pathways. The aim of this study was to identify the patient characteristics and triage outcomes associated with 'no paramedic treatment' for cases referred for emergency ambulance dispatch following secondary ...

UNLABELLED Emergency department triage is a prerequisite for the rapid identification of critically ill patients and for allocation of the correct acuity level which is pivotal for medical safety. The patient's first encounter with a medical professional in the emergency department is often with the triage nurse. OBJECTIVES To identify patient experience of the triage encounter. METHODS A q...

Determining the priority of attention in an Emergency Room (ER) has always been a difficult issue. Priority is determined with a simple triage system as people arrive at the hospital. It is important to establish how long they can wait for treatment. In order to obtain the best assessment of patients' conditions, we built a Nursing Software for Emergency Triage (NSET). The objective of this wor...

Triage is a process that is critical to the effective management of modern emergency departments. Triage systems aim, not only to ensure clinical justice for the patient, but also to provide an effective tool for departmental organisation, monitoring and evaluation. Over the last 20 years, triage systems have been standardised in a number of countries and efforts made to ensure consistency of a...

The lack of disease-specific triage-management protocols that address the unique aspects of a pandemic places emergency medical services, and specifically, emergency medical services practitioners, at great risk. Without adequate protocols, the emergency health system will risk needless exposure, loss of functional capacity, and inappropriately triaged patients. This paper reports on the develo...

BACKGROUND Triage is one of the core requirements for the provision of effective emergency care and has been shown to reduce patient mortality. However, in low- and middle-income countries this strategy is underused, under-resourced and poorly researched. OBJECTIVE To assess the inter- and intra-rater reliability and accuracy of nurse triage ratings when using the South African Triage Scale (...

a survey to examin the emergency nurses operation & comparing it with international standards in the hospital of urmia medical sciences university alizadeh m , iremlow a , alizadeh b , shakibi a , aliloo l received: 14 april, 2010 accepted: 16 aug, 2010 abstract background & aims: a well-performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) remains important in improvement of nurse care efforts during ...

273 May 2013, Vol. 103, No. 5 SAMJ An adapted triage tool (ETAT) at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Medical Emergency Unit, Cape Town, South Africa: An evaluation To the Editor: In the March issue of SAMJ, an article on the emergency triage of children, of which we were the senior co-authors, appeared in association with an editorial by Professor Elizabeth Molyneux. We need to clarif...

Following implementation of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) system in the emergency department (ED) at the District Headquarter Hospital in Timergara, Pakistan, we 1) describe the implementation process, and 2) report on how accurately emergency staff used the system. Of the 370 triage forms evaluated, 320 (86%) were completed without errors, resulting in the correct triage priority being...